I dragged yard-waste bins down the road in the heat, sweating in the South Florida sun. Dad and I emptied them on top of sheets of cardboard spread over the patchy weeds of my parents’ little backyard.
Robbing the neighbors never felt so good…
Other than weeds, my parents’ yard had a little mango tree, a starving coconut palm and a sad navel orange.
…until we dumped that yard waste and planted some more fruit trees!
Six months later, we saw earthworms for the first time. We also had black compost beneath the rotted-down yard waste pile. The trees were happier, and the soil was full of life.
We didn’t plan out everything. We put in trees and shrubs where we had space. And we mulched them. And now, 13 years later, hundreds of pounds of fruit is falling from the sky.
Food forests are easier to plant than you think.
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From building the soil to easy planning, it’s all there.
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See you there!
-David
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